Improving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru

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dc.creatorWeitzman, Abigail
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-02T20:06:53Z
dc.date.available2017-11-02T20:06:53Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.descriptionMaternal mortality in Peru declined over 70 percent between 1990 and 2015. Women’s education levels rose during the same period. This brief by PRC faculty research associate Abigail Weitzman indicates that Peruvian women’s rising education levels contributed to falling maternal mortality rates by reducing the risk of maternal complications and increasing the use of modern contraception and reproductive healthcare.en_US
dc.description.departmentPopulation Research Centeren_US
dc.identifier.citationWeitzman, A. (2017). Improving women’s education improves maternal health: Evidence from Peru. PRC Research Brief 2(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/T2G737D3Pen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.15781/T2G737D3P
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/62428
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austin Population Research Centeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofPRC Research Brief Seriesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPRC Research Brief;2(9)
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectmaternal healthen_US
dc.subjectPeruen_US
dc.subjectwomen's educationen_US
dc.subjectPRC research briefen_US
dc.titleImproving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peruen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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